Question

Jaya has a piece of paper that is 16 inches long and 9 inches wide. She cuts it into pieces that are each 3 inches long and 2 inches wide What is the greatest number of 3-inch-by-2-inch pieces that Jaya can get? Enter the answer in the box.

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

Jayla has a couple of options for cutting her original piece of paper.

• she can cut the 3 inch length from the long dimension of the paper, giving her 5 strips from the length and 4 strips from the width for a total of 20 3×2 pieces
• she can cut the 3 inch length from the short dimension of the paper, giving her 3 strips from the 9-inch width, and 8 strips from the 16-inch length, for a total of 3×8 = 24 pieces.

The greatest number of 3×2 pieces Jayla can cut is 24.

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The attachments show the different cuts as described above.